2014 is quickly wrapping up. It is a dark early evening, too dark to paint, so I am blogging instead. Facebook and WordPress are putting out these computer generated annual content reports, but they are much too silly, or artificial is possibly a better description. So I thought I will tell you what really happened this year :).
I painted 6 paintings:
Ok, the last one – working title Turning Time – is still a work in progress!
E is for Empathy will appear on a cover of my husband’s book A Rumor of Empathy, Resistance, Narrartive, Recovery in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy – Lou Agosta, PhD (this is a plug, so what!)
Adagio for Three Strings has won a Most Innovative award in National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society (NOAPS) Fall Show. Much too excited about this!
I had work in two shows in 2014:
– Matite in Viaggio, Centro Candiani, Venice Italy – October 2014
– National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society (NOAPS) – December 2014
I participated in my second Sketchpack project
It runs from Cape Town South Africa. Every day for the month of August I drew a small drawing. My 31 drawings traveled to Cape Town SA to participate in a show.
I have started teaching oil painting
and had a number of victims students study with me in my studio as well as online via Skype, gotta love technology!
Urban Sketchers Chicago
Urban Sketchers Chicago, a sketching group I started in 2012, is going strong with its monthly sketch crawls, active Facebook, blog and other online presence. The group now has nearly 350 sketchers and a wonderful unique spirit.
Chicago Sketch Seminar 2014 took place in June 2014 and was a great success. I was privileged to lead a group amazing volunteers and together we created this wonderful event. About 70 sketchers from all over USA and even one international sketcher attended and participated in 8 sketching workshops and 3 sketching activities. And one Dinner, Drinks and Drawing event!
If you are still reading this, I really appreciate!
I hope you had nice holidays so far and wishing you Happy Healthy and Arty New Year!!
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Alex Zonis 
What a wonderful, productive, impressive year you had!!
Can I ask a question? What do you do your sketches with (looking at the work in progress) — certainly not a brush???
Thank you for your comment! If you are asking about drawing for oil painting, it is done in vine charcoal. I fix it with Fixative and paint on top. I hope I answered your question, but it not, let me know and I will explain.
What a year! You should be very proud of all you accomplished. Do you know if there is an Urban Sketchers group in Indianapolis?
Thank you, Linda! I will look for Urban Sketchers in Indianapolis. You can too, check here – http://www.urbansketchers.org/p/global-sketchers-directory.html
It doesn’t look like there is a group, perhaps it needs to get started.
Happy 2015!!! Glad you had a great year!!!